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UIC Opens Residence to Patients’ Families in the Illinois Medical District
The University of Illinois at Chicago is partnering with the IMD Guest House Foundation to provide housing to family members of patients in the hospitals of the Illinois Medical District, including the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Rush Medical Center, and Stroger Hospital. The Guest House is the only facility in Chicago serving both children and adult patients, and families of children and adult patients.
Kerouac Expert to Discuss New Book About ‘On the Road’ Characters
WHAT: The University of Illinois at Chicago presents biographer, literary critic, poet and UIC alumnus Gerald Nicosia to talk about his new book, “One and Only: The Untold Story of ‘On the Road.’” The book is based on an interview with LuAnne Henderson, inspiration for the character Marylou in Jack Kerouac’s classic, and was written with Henderson’s daughter, Anna Marie Santos. WHEN: Nov.
Expert on gesture Goldin-Meadow receives APA honor for mentoring students
The importance of mentoring graduate students was celebrated at a symposium organized to honor Susan Goldin-Meadow, a psychologist who has helped guide students to become outstanding faculty members. Goldin-Meadow received the Mentor Award in Developmental Psychology from the American Psychological Association at its summer conference in Washington.
University of Chicago reports 18.8 percent return on investments in FY’11
The University of Chicago endowment grew to a market value of $6.31 billion as of June 30, 2011, marking an 18.8 percent return on investments for the fiscal year 2011. This follows an 18.9 percent return for fiscal year 2010.
New Book Explores Latino Gay Activists
A new book by a University of Illinois at Chicago health sociologist and educator examines how gay, bisexual, and transgender (GBT) Latino activists and volunteers are transformed by the AIDS epidemic. In “Compañeros: Latino Activists in the Face of AIDS ” (University of Illinois Press, 2011), Jesus Ramirez-Valles, UIC professor of community health sciences, writes about the life histories of GBT Latinos who come together to fight racism and homophobia, and in the process change themselves.
Bruce Beutler, MD, U Chicago graduate, to receive 2011 Nobel Prize in Medicine
October 3, 2011 Bruce A. Beutler, MD, a 1981 graduate of the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine, is among three winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine for 2011.
North Park University, Chicago, Announces Record Traditional Undergraduate Enrollment for Fall 2011
CHICAGO , Sept. 29, 2011 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — North Park University announced this week that traditional undergraduate enrollment for the Fall Semester 2011 reached a record 1,929 students, an increase of 79 students from 2010.
Joseph Campbell Named Special Agent in Charge of the San Juan Division
Director Robert S. Mueller, III named Joseph S.
LGBTQ Heritage Month at UIC
The University of Illinois at Chicago will celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Heritage Month with a series of free, public events. “What’s Your Story?
